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Vice President: Acting president during the 1993 constitutional crisis. His powers were not recognized by Boris Yeltsin. Viktor Chernomyrdin Виктор Черномырдин 1938–2010 (aged 72) 5–6 November 1996 Prime Minister: Acting president during Boris Yeltsin's heart surgery. Vladimir Putin Владимир Путин Born 1952 ...
On February 12, 2013, hours before the 2013 State of the Union Address by U.S. president Obama, two Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers, reportedly equipped with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, circled the U.S. territory of Guam. [101] Air Force F-15 jets based on Andersen Air Force Base were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. [101]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said his country would “deliver an unacceptable strike” if it perceived any threats to its territory.
In 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Burundi. [298] Burundi's foreign minister insisted that his country would not take sides in Russia's war against Ukraine. [299] However, in December 2023, Burundi voted against condemning Russia at the United Nations. [300]
The close ally of Vladimir Putin said that the move would amount to the “direct, official and unveiled involvement of Nato members in the war against Russia” and “it can’t be allowed”.
(Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin will keep demoted ally Nikolai Patrushev, a Cold War warrior who crafted the Kremlin's national security strategy, on Russia's top consulting security body ...
Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has supported Russia in its invasion of Ukraine. Before the start of the offensive, Belarus allowed the Russian Armed Forces to perform weeks-long military drills on its territory; the Russian troops did not leave Belarus after the drills were supposed to finish.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council, warned NATO Thursday that his country's defeat in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war.